Let there be light
Subtitle: the story of light from atoms to galaxies
By: Alex Montwill & Ann Breslin.
Contributors: Breslin, Ann.
Publisher: Imperial College Press; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; Singapore; Hackensack, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 595
ISBN-13: 9781860948503; 9781848163287
Subjects: Light -- Popular works; Electromagnetic waves; Physics -- History
Genres: Popular works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing light; title: Geometrical optics : reflection; title: Geometric optics : refraction; title: Light from afar : astronomy; title: Light from the past : astrophysics; title: Introducing waves; title: Sound waves; title: Light as a wave; title: Making images; title: There was electricity, there was magneticism, and then there was light; title: 'Atoms of light' : the birth of quantum theory; title: The development of quantum mechanics; title: Atoms of light acting as particles; title: Atoms of light behaving as waves; title: Relativity part 1 : how it began; title: Relativity part 2 : verifiable predictions; title: Epilogue.